“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When you're dead, you don't know you're dead.
It's only difficult for other people.
It works the same way for stupid."
Sale will likely face over 750 batters this year. That's more than the amount of Papi PAs we need to fill.
Our defense should be better, too.
If Young and others can stay healthy, and full years from Beni, Pom, Wright, ERod, Kelly and others can help put a dent in the loss of the great one- Sir David Ortiz.
Good luck to Vazquez for sure but judging by the latest comments from DD, Swihart still might be the guy they expect to be the catcher of the future for the Sox. I continue to think that they just aren't completely sold on either Leon or Vazquez's ability to get it done on a regular basis. This might be just a bridge year to get to Swihart.
I'm not disputing that... but IIRC it isn't uncommon for a pitcher to come back from TJ surgery with better arm strength than before.
But in a related thought...
TJ surgery is often the result of bad mechanics. Has anyone heard or observed a pitcher's mechanics changing after TJ surgery? Or do they just let him keep doing the same mechanics that caused the need for the surgery?
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
-Vin Scully